Carla Willig is a Chartered Health
Psychologist and acts as Course Director for the MSc Health Psychology at City
University. Carla is also a qualified Counselling Psychologist who sees clients
at Women & Health in Camden.

Carla’s research interests include
qualitative research methodology and its application to health psychology
research, most particularly the relationship between discourse and risky
practices. She is also interested in phenomenological research methods and the
exploration of the meanings and quality of embodied experiences. This is linked
to her interest in existential approaches to psychotherapy and counselling.
Carla is currently looking at ways in which different theoretical models may be
integrated with existential perspectives in order to produce fuller
interpretations.

Carla is an
associate editor of the Journal of Health Psychology and a member of the
editorial board of Psychology and Health. She acts as editorial
consultant for the British Journal of Social Psychology.

She is a
member of the British Psychological Society and a founder member of the
International Society of Critical Health Psychology.

Willig, C. (1995) 'I Wouldn't Have Married the Guy If I'd
Have to Do That' - Heterosexual Adults' Accounts of Condom Use and Their
Implications for Sexual Practice, Journal of Community & Applied Social
Psychology, 5: 75-87

Roiser, M. & Willig, C. (1995) The Hidden History of
Authoritarianism, History of the Human Sciences, 8 (4): 77-97

Willig, C. (1997) The Limitations of Trust in Intimate
Relationships: Constructions of Trust and Sexual Risk-Taking, British Journal of
Social Psychology, 36: 211-221

Gillies, V. & Willig, C. (1997) 'You Get the Nicotine and
That In Your Blood': Constructions of Addiction and Control in Women's Accounts
of Cigarette Smoking, Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 7:
285-301

Harden, A. & Willig, C. (1998) An Exploration of the
Discursive Constructions Used In Young Adults Memories and Discussions of
Contraception, Journal of Health Psychology, 3 (3):
429-445